SWEET Little Touches - A Wordful Wednesday

Wrapping existing wall pictures to decorate the spare bathroom.

Making something sweet even sweeter with little decorative touches. Just wrap a candy bar in wrapping paper of your choice, then decorate with Christmas stickers & ribbon/raffeta.

A couple more homemade spice bottles & warm reminders of what's what for guests & their coffee on Christmas Day.



And a successful 1st try at homemade fudge.

While I am not big into chocolate I thought I would make some of this to test run it for Christmas! What was surprising is the mild cherry flavor. Maybe it comes from the almond extract combined with other flavors. My only suggestion would be to add a smidgen more toffee & pecans, increasing to no more than 1/2 cup for each.

PECAN TOFFEE FUDGE

1 tsp butter
1 pkg 8 oz cream cheese, softened
3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar
6 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted & cooled
1/4 tsp almond extract
Dash salt
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup English toffee bits

Line a 9 in square pan with foil & grease the foil well with butter; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners sugar about a 1/2 cup at a time. Add the melted chocolate, extract & salt. Mixture will be very thick. I was almost worried at this point. Mix well. 

Stir in the pecans & toffee bits, leaving a little to scatter on top. Spread into prepared pan. You may need to even use your fingers to pat it out, it's so thick. 

Cover and refrigerate overnight or until firm. Using foil, lift fudge out of pan and gently peel off foil. Cut fudge into 1 in squares. Store in airtight container in the fridge.

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